Saturday, September 17, 2011

Thames Women & the Suffrage petition Part 2

Well, have you had a chance to search for your relatives in the Suffrage petitions (mentioned in the last post)

Did you notice that the site is interested in gathering more information on the women who signed the petition. The 'more' link goes to a page where extra information can be added. Members of the public are encouraged to submit further information via community contributions or you can email us at info@nzhistory.net.nz

A name of interest for me, was that of my Great-Grandmother, Honor PASCOE.

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Honor WILLIAMS was born 31/5/1862 at St Just in Penwith, Cornwall in England. The daughter of  John and Elizabeth WILLIAMS.  After her father died, Elizabeth and her three daughters emigrated to NZ, leaving Plymouth 5 June 1879 and arriving on the "Glenlora" into Lyttelton 30 August 1879. On 15/2/1871 at Timaru, Honor married another lad from St Penwith, Benjamon Eddy PASCOE. They moved to Napier around 1893, then onto Waihi, where Honor died 11/10/1939. Her husband Ben, then moved to Thames where he lived until his death on 23/6/1945.

Honor and Ben PASCOE